Education
B.A. Political Science with Highest Distinction, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign May1999
Senior Thesis: Priming and Character in Presidential Elections, Advisor:
Scott Althaus
B.A. Philosophy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign May1999
PhD Student, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, August 1999-Present.
Summer Institute for Political Psychology, Ohio State University. Successful completion Summer 2000.
Research Interests
American Politics, Public Opinion, Political Psychology, Research Methodology.
Publication
Holmes, J. (1999). “The relation of Elazar’s Political Cultures to the Use of Capital Punishment in the United States.” Missouri Valley Journal, 3, 1-10.
Paper Under Review
Wan, F., Meirick, P., Williams, J., Holmes, J., & Fiebich, C. “Threat, authoritarianism, and political advertising: An experiment in personality and persuasion.” Under review at Political Psychology.
Conference Presentations
Oxendine, A. and Holmes, J (2001). “The Effects of Post Debate Commentary
on of
Candidates.” To be presented at the 2001 Meeting of the International
Society for the Study of Political Psychology, July 2001.
Holmes, J. (2001). “Presidential Credibility and the Public Agenda:
A Study of the Clinton Presidency” Poster Presented at the 2001 meeting
of the Midwest
Political Science Association, April 2001.
Wan, F., Meirick, P., Williams, J., Holmes, J., & Fiebich, C. (2000).
“Threat, authoritarianism, and political advertising: An experiment in
personality and persuasion.” Presented to the Advertising Division of the
annual convention of the Association for Education in
Journalism and Mass Communication, Phoenix, AZ, August 2000
Teaching and Research
Computer Lab Assistant and Statistical Consultant, Department of Political Science, Summer 2001-Present.
Research Assistant, Professor James Druckman, Summer 2001-Present.
Teaching Assistant, Political Science 3766: Political Psychology, Spring 2001, Professor John Sullivan
Research Assistant, Professor Lawrence Jacobs, Summer 2000-Summer 2001.
Tutor for Introduction to American Politics, University of Illinois, Fall 1999.
Departmental Service
Visit Coordinator for Prospective Graduate Students, Spring 2001.
Fellowships and Awards
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship,
April 2000.
Graduate School Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Fall 1999-Spring 2000.
Lois Sheppard Greene Scholarship for Excellence in Philosophy. Spring 1999.
Peter F. Rossiter Scholarship, Department of Political Science. Spring 1998.
Edmund James Scholar, University of Illinois: 1996-1999.
Dean’s List, University of Illinois 1996-1999
Member and President of Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Political Science Honor Society.
Honorary Member of American Political Science Association, Awarded by Pi Sigma Alpha.
Professional Memberships
American Association for Public Opinion Research
American Political Science Association
International Society for Political Psychology
Midwest Political Science Association.